Fish is in NO WAY Worse For You Than Bacon
Many of you may have this headline recently, “Fish Worse Than Bacon.” It is some of the least responsible journalism I have seen in some time. Appearantly a recent study by Wake Forrest University found that farm raised tilapia and catfish have higher levels of Omega 6 fatty acids than bacon and have little Omega 3’s so Fox & Friends ran with the afforementioned headline.
The fish in question are farm raised which is never a good thing and they are fed the same things we fed pigs. Dr. Manny, Alvarez explains this briefly in the story but the headline should have read Farm Raised Fish Worse Than Bacon. The headline they ran did not go with the story they reported. Rather than go for shock value they should have addressed the issue that farm raised seafood (most of it anyway) is not good for you.
Farm raised salmon and trout may do well on the Omega-3 scale but they are rock bottom when it comes to cancer causing toxins. Most farm raised seafood is deadly. The feed they give them is toxic to humans. Asian farm raised shrimp, for instance, contains a chemical that causes Aplastic Anemia. So much of it is banned in the US that you see most farm raised seafood coming from other countries who do not care what chemicals they use. Now, this imported seafood is also illegal to sell but the USDA is over loaded with it at our ports so they only inspect about 2% of the seafood we bring in and most of that is rejected.
The best advice is don’t eat farm raised seafood. If it is not “wild caught US” then not only will it kill you but it is also destroying our economy which is already in the dumpster. And as far as chicken goes, I cannot think of a worse protein to ingest – American farm raised chicken is like eating a rod of weapons grade plutonium dipped in raw sewage. Look for the phrases organic, wild caught, free range, or all natural when you purchase any meat, poultry, or seafood.
For more information of the right fish to eat check out my July 3rd post, Eat the Right Fish.
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Watch Stuart Reb Donald
on Everyday Gourmet.
This is very good advice. Wild-Caught is the key word, as we in the domestic Gulf shrimp processing business have saying for years. No antibiotics or other bad things. Wild-Caught is all you need to know, for fish or for shrimp.
http://www.wildamericanshrimp.com